Hands, all together Avondale Pattillo UMC, Decatur, GA 2007

©Order of Worship February 20, 2022
Seventh Sunday After The Epiphany
Black History Month


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Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.

Prelude: “Deep River”, African American Spiritual Greg D.
 
Greetings…………………………………Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer: ……………………………Beverly B.
 
Opening Hymns:
Freely, Freely 389  United Methodist Hymnal
Words: Carol Owens, 1972 Music: Carol Owens, 1972
© Communique Music, Inc.
 
1. God forgave my sin in Jesus’ name,
I’ve been born again in Jesus’ name,
and in Jesus’ name I come to you,
to share his love as he told me to.
 
He said, “Freely, freely you have received,
freely, freely give.
Go in my name, and because you believe,
others will know that I live.”
 
2. All power is given in Jesus’ name,
in earth and heaven in Jesus’ name,
and in Jesus’ name I come to you,
to share his power as he told me to.
 
He said, “Freely, freely you have received,
freely, freely give.
Go in my name, and because you believe,
others will know that l live.”
 
Something Beautiful# 394 UMH
Words: Gloria Gaither, Music: William Gaither
© 1971, William J. Gaither
 
Something beautiful, something good;
all my confusion he understood;
all I had to offer him was brokenness and strife,
but he made something beautiful of my life.

Giving of our tithes and offerings …………Beverly B.
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Offertory Response:  The Doxology” #95 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him,
all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly
       host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.
 
Prayer After Receiving:……………………Pastor Steven
 
Presentation:  Amanda Gorman…………………Chris M.
“If You’re Alive, You’re Afraid”
 
Video: “The Hill We Climb”  
 
Hymn of Preparation: “Through It All #507 UMH
Words and Music: Andraé Crouch, 1971
© 1971 Manna Music, Inc.
 
Through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to trust in Jesus,
I’ve learned to trust in God;
through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to depend upon
God’s word.
 
Old Testament Lesson: Genesis 45: 3-11, 15Beverly B.
 
45:3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. 45:4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” And they came closer. He said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
 
45:5 And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. 45:6 For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
 
45:7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 45:8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 45:9 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.
 
45:10 You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 45:11 I will provide for you there–since there are five more years of famine to come–so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.
 
45:15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.
 
Sermon:…Forgiveness In The Family……Pastor Steven

Anthem: “Amen, Amen#2072 TFWS
Words and Music: African American spiritual
Arr. © 1988 Nelsie T. Johnson
 
Refrain: sung by the congregation
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen!
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen!
 
Leaders:
1.O see the little baby lying in a manger
on Christmas morning.
 
2.See Jesus in the temple talking to the elders;
how they all marveled!
 
3.See Jesus at the seashore preaching to the people,
healing all the sick ones!
 
4.See Jesus on the cross bearing all my sins
in bitter agony!
 
5.Yes, Jesus died to save us, rose on Easter morning,
and lives forever!
 
6.We’re singing Alleluia! Jesus is my Savior,
who lives forever!
 
Prayers of the People:……………………………Pastor Steven
 
Closing Hymn: “Bind Us Together#2226 TFWS
Words and Music by Bob Gillman (Col 3:14)
 
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together
with cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, Lord,
bind us together in love.
There is only one God,
There is only one King;
There is only one body, that is why we sing.
 
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together
with cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, Lord,
bind us together in love.
 
Dismissal with Blessing:…………………………Pastor Steven
 
Postlude: “The Family of God”, by William Gaither and Gloria Gaither, © 1970, William J. Gaither, Inc.……………Greg D.


 
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